Gniminou Surname

231,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,747 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Gniminou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gniminou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso1,6511:11,116986
Ivory Coast861:268,27010,467
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Gniminou (121) may also be a first name.

Gniminou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gniminou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gniminou is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gniminou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gniminou is the 231,373rd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,171,463 people. Gniminou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gniminou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gniminou is also the 848,089th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 121 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,651 people, or 1 in 11,116. In Burkina Faso Gniminou is most prevalent in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 46 percent are found, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 29 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 12 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and Mali, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nimino8620/
Nimingo802/
Nimenou801/
Hniminau7543/
Gnemenou7514/
Nimeno7150/
Nimina7110/
Nemino715/
Nimiño712/
Nimengoue711/
Ngimina6734/
Neminot6717/
Nimmina6715/
Nimaina6711/
Niemina678/
Niminie675/
Niminye672/
Nimenoi671/
Nimuina671/
Nimengo671/
Niminei671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gniminou
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